LeBron James is voicing his opinion about the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery.
Arbery was a 25-year-old Black male who was killed during his morning jog through a Georgia neighborhood. Since the video of Arbery’s shocking death has gone viral, many advocates and celebrities have banned together on social media to show support for Arbery’s family. One of those celebrities was LeBron James.
James posted his frustrations on his Twitter account saying that “we’re literally hunted EVERY DAY/EVERY TIME we step foot outside the comfort of our homes.” See the tweets below.
We’re literally hunted EVERYDAY/EVERYTIME we step foot outside the comfort of our homes! Can’t even go for a damn jog man! Like WTF man are you kidding me?!?!?!?!?!? No man fr ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!! I’m sorry Ahmaud(Rest In Paradise) and my prayers and blessings sent to the….. pic.twitter.com/r1PNxs8Vgn
— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 6, 2020
heavens above to your family!!🙏🏾✊🏾❤️ #StayWoke #ProfiledCauseWeAreSimplyBlack 😢😢
— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 6, 2020
Sports Journalist Jason Whitlock was not here for James’ tweets and stated that the NBA star is twitter trolling.
https://twitter.com/whitlockjason/status/1258170943244865536?s=21
https://twitter.com/whitlockjason/status/1258385031854055426?s=21
Whitlock’s comments didn’t sit well with other Twitter users and they called him out on it.
https://twitter.com/whitlockjason/status/1258374480742604800?s=21
https://twitter.com/whitlockjason/status/1258382191525937153?s=21
https://twitter.com/whitlockjason/status/1258395035600482307?s=21
What are your thoughts on this?